The Derni Cu-Co massive sulfide deposit, Qinghai Province, China: Ultramafic volcanic-hosted submarine-exhalative mineralization

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 253-264

  Wang, Yuwang ^a   Qin, Kezhang ^a   Tang, Yanggeng ^a   Hou, Zengqian ^b  

^a CHINA NATIONAL NUCLEAR CORPORATION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHALATIVE DEPOSIT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI;

EID: 0742305037     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/0090253     Document Type: Article

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